Bedford County Fire and Rescue

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Bedford Fire Department to Host Tactical Thermal Imaging Training

Mon. Dec 2nd 2019

The Bedford Fire Department will be hosting a tactical thermal imaging training course. The course is being taught by Insight Fire Training and will be held on January 18-19, 2020. Please see the atta...

Community Input Needed for Regional Pre-Disaster Mitigation Plan

Mon. Dec 2nd 2019

REGIONAL PRE-DISASTER MITIGATION PLAN – COMMUNITY INPUT NEEDEDHas your home, business, or community been impacted or damaged by a natural hazard? The Central Virginia Planning District Commissi...

BEDFORD COUNTY: RESIDENT AWARENESS

Tue. Oct 22nd 2019

It is important for residents to be aware of an increase in fire danger due to the current lack of rainfall and subsequent limited available moisture in much of our community. Please see the attached ...

Kidde Recalls Disposable Plastic Fire Extinguishers Due to Failure to Discharge

Thu. Feb 12th 2015

This recall involves 31 models of Kidde disposable fire extinguishers with Zytel black plastic valves. The recalled extinguishers are red, white, or silver and are either ABC or BC rated. The rating...

Who do you call when your power is out?

Mon. Jul 7th 2014

Reserve 9-1-1 for Emergency CALLS ONLY! Everytime there is a storm we have folks call 9-1-1 to report their power outage make sure to keep these numbers handy and refrain from calling 9-1-1 unless th...

VDOT and Roadway Safety

Click on this hyperlink to take the: VDOT Traffic Incident Management

High Visibility Clothing Requirements Update to view information on the new standards for High Visibility Clothing required for all first responders.

Emergency Notification

Get alerted about emergencies and other important community news by signing up for our emergency alert program called ALERT BEDFORD. This system enables Bedford County to provide you with critical information quickly in a variety of situations, such as severe weather, unexpected road closures, missing persons and evacuations of buildings or neighborhoods.

You will receive time-sensitive messages wherever you specify, such as your home, mobile or business phones, email address, text messages and more. You pick where, you pick how.

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